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Word: buts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The present agitation for European confederation on a great scale is subject to two inherent and stubborn difficulties. The first is the Asiatic complex. Anything approaching world confederation must take account of the two enormous aggregations of population in India and China, which together include about half the human race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Asiatic Complex and Great Britain's Position are Difficulties of United States of Europe, Says Hart | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

Once the ball is out, both packs break up and take part in the ordinary play. The back who has received the ball passes it to another player as soon as he is in danger of being tackled and this process keeps up usually until a player is downed, when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Rhodes Scholar Compares Rugby Football With American Game--Declares English Sport Equally Exciting | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

The fall upperclass crew season was brought to its conclusion yesterday afternoon when the 150-pound boat, stroked, by R. R. White '32, nosed out that of T. N. Perkins Jr. '31 by a quarter of a length, over the mile course in the basin. Perkins' crew was in second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FALL CREW SEASON ENDS WITH 150-POUND RACE OVER BASIN | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

Superficially, at least, the games are quite different. True, the same kind of ball is used, but the men play in track suits and not in padded armor plate! Furthermore the total playing time is considerably longer, and the time out is very much less--a boon to the spectators...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Rhodes Scholar Compares Rugby Football With American Game--Declares English Sport Equally Exciting | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

Play starts from a kickoff, much as in our game. Tackling is the same, but more often on frozen ground, and as noted previously, there is no padding to break the fall. After the ball is down, eight men of each side lock arms, in a close formation or "pack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Rhodes Scholar Compares Rugby Football With American Game--Declares English Sport Equally Exciting | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

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